Bird people are lovely!
Posted: 12 Nov 2014, 19:45
Hi folks,
In 1988 and 1989, I used to write articles for the Australian Aviculture magazine (I was 16/17 years old - kind of the pre-digital Jayburd) and I contacted the secretary about 3 months ago enquiring whether there were back copies for sale or whether I could obtain photocopies of my articles. Didn't hear anything for about 8 weeks and then got an email in return, saying that the copies I was after had come up at the general meeting, and that he had got them for me! I was really excited and of course enquired about the cost as well as postage and handling. There was no reply, but two days later a parcel arrived with the 24 copies from those years! No charge! I sent off a thank-you email and sat down for a trip down memory lane - and what a trip!
It was a bit of a laugh reading my articles after 25 years, but I have to say I was pretty spot-on for a kid! My titles included 'The longtail finch - a personal favourite', ' The diamond firetail - field and aviary observations', 'Breeding success with the redbrowed firetail', 'The need to concentrate on Australian Finches' and 'Mistakes made, problems solved' and a couple of others...precocious!!
Anyway, I think it was so great of the secretary to forward them to me - nice to reclaim a bit of my past. I'm slowly reading through each mag - so much good info.
In 1988 and 1989, I used to write articles for the Australian Aviculture magazine (I was 16/17 years old - kind of the pre-digital Jayburd) and I contacted the secretary about 3 months ago enquiring whether there were back copies for sale or whether I could obtain photocopies of my articles. Didn't hear anything for about 8 weeks and then got an email in return, saying that the copies I was after had come up at the general meeting, and that he had got them for me! I was really excited and of course enquired about the cost as well as postage and handling. There was no reply, but two days later a parcel arrived with the 24 copies from those years! No charge! I sent off a thank-you email and sat down for a trip down memory lane - and what a trip!
It was a bit of a laugh reading my articles after 25 years, but I have to say I was pretty spot-on for a kid! My titles included 'The longtail finch - a personal favourite', ' The diamond firetail - field and aviary observations', 'Breeding success with the redbrowed firetail', 'The need to concentrate on Australian Finches' and 'Mistakes made, problems solved' and a couple of others...precocious!!
Anyway, I think it was so great of the secretary to forward them to me - nice to reclaim a bit of my past. I'm slowly reading through each mag - so much good info.
